FallsEnd:WintersEdge

  Photography is my hobby and Olivia has been my model since I picked the hobby back up (after a 5 year hiatus) and now modeling is more than her hobby. She is doing some modeling (taking classes and signed with an agent!) and hoping to make a career of it. Although she may just end up meeting some hottie and being a wife and mom (pretty sure this is what she is hoping,and for a rich hottie at that)
 This past month my family and I visited my parents and siblings up in New England. While there, we had fun coming up with this idea of saying farewell to fall and welcoming winter using our two art forms. 

This was a "just for fun" photo shoot with my sister Olivia, done with much help from our youngest sister, Lindy and a little help from our brother Micaiah. Thanks for going out in the cold with us!  

Hope you enjoy. 

 

D Family:A Walk on the Boulevard

    When I first moved abroad, I had high hopes for my photography "hobby." I wanted to be able to take pictures of local families as well as ex patriate families and shoot events as well so they would have nice pictures to share with their family and friends back in their home country (wherever that might be.) Getting acquainted with the culture, settling into a routine, and then enduring a harsh winter and morning sickness hindered that dream a little (just a little.) But from the beginning I had encouragement and support from a dear friend. Her dad, a professional photographer, came to visit for a month and sat down with me one morning to critic my work and give me some tips, which really helped me in my over all approach to the art. She also said she'd like for me to do a session with her family. It was mentioned a few times and due to weather and schedules we put it off. Well, once we knew I was leaving she asked if I could still do a session with her family before we left. I said of course, and we planned to do it once the kids were out of school. I told her to call once she got a date from her husband, but things got busy for both of us. A few days ago I was at her house for lunch and she asked if it would be too much for me to still fit them in. I told her I did my sister's senior session the day before moving over here, I'm sure with four days left it wouldn't be a problem. :)
  We ended up getting together Sunday evening to create these (and more) pretty images. I'm so glad I was able to be a part of this family session. They have the best smiles, and while the guys might not be the most relaxed, (what teenage boy really enjoys posing in front of a camera for an hour?) they were so cooperative and willing to go with whatever I suggested...and had some great suggestions of their own (I hate to admit it, but having the kids climb into the tree was not my idea)

Enjoy some of my favorites from the D Family's session on the Boulevard...

W Family:Another Blustery Fun Shoot

    On the same windy day as I did the previous family's photo session, I met up with this (smaller-but-just-as-much-fun) family to capture some images of their pretty faces around town.  We, of course, ran into some issues with wind, but that didn't stop us. We found some fun spots, and a few little kittens too, and got some great images that I hope they'll be able to treasure for years to come. They, too, are saying good-bye to this city and moving on to a new adventure, and I am so happy I was able to capture these moments for them to take wherever they go. Hope you all enjoy these few frames from the W family photo shoot, I know I had fun taking them!